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Being there

Photo essay: Sachsenhausen concentration camp

by Alireza Ajam
14-Jul-2008 (68 comments)

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how dare they?

Maryam Hojjat

German Magazine "Spiegel" critical of Cyrus cylinder

Spiegel Magazine
recommended by Maryam Hojjat
14-Jul-2008 (4 comments)
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WAR

Zinn in Jail

A short story about scuffle between famed peace activist and reactionary media

14-Jul-2008 (3 comments)
I first learned of Howard Zinn’s arrest by noticing his photo in Boston Globe’s front page, next to the headline: famed historian, activist jailed for punching a man -- and knowing Howard’s life-time credential as a non-violent civil rights leader, I was naturally curious, to say the least, actually down right skeptical, and then, when I read the news story and discovered that the “victim” was a "distinguished" member of right-wing Fox TV, I allowed my suspicion a couple of notches down yet sufficiently in gear to warrant a healthy doubt about the veracity of the story – that Zinn had “attacked” him after a heated, accidental, exchange over wars in the Middle East. >>>

Az khandeh mordeem....NOT!

News Goffer

McCain's Cigarette Gaffe: A Cold Blood Commander-In-Chief?

Omid Memarian Weblog / Omid Memarian
recommended by News Goffer
14-Jul-2008
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Mehdi-Palang
14-Jul-2008 (19 comments)
An interesting article from Tom Engelhardt. >>>
Maryam Hojjat
14-Jul-2008 (5 comments)
An interview with Oxford Scholar, Professor Homayoun Katouzian, provides a challenge to the notion that the British helped prop Reza Shah to power and helped remove Ahmad Shah from office (report from Rouznamak Blog)
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LIFE

I Cannot Forgive

I believe that pledge for justice differs from vengeance for bloodshed

14-Jul-2008 (16 comments)
No! I cannot forgive you. I was her husband and comrade, and now as an heir, I cannot shrug off this murder. Ask her to forgive you herself. Go to Infidel Cemetery and find her unmarked tomb by pacing eight steps from the gate and sixteen steps against the wall; call out her name; say that you regret killing her, and beg for her pardon. Perhaps after twenty-one years she will stand up again, rub her heavy eyelids, and look at you. You will notice the bullet wound in her chest, and remember that cold day in January, when the prisoners were brought forward, blindfolded. They were fifty-two individuals: two women and fifty men.>>>

TRAVELERS

Beneath the Olive Trees…

Why are we burying tradition in favour of modernity and new fangled state-of-the-art minimalistic nonsense?

14-Jul-2008 (16 comments)
As the sliding doors of the airport opened, the steamy hot air hit me. The warm sun kissed my skin like a long lost friend. I had promised myself that I would try and visit a few countries I’d never been to before, rather than sticking to France, Italy and USA… and so I arrive in Cyprus. Larnaca airport to be exact. Our cocky cab driver was standing there, cigarette hanging from his lips… “Miss Ghayour?.. Ok, we go!” The 30 minute drive to the hotel was a journey filled with stories from the cab driver about his life, past trips to London and his Winter home in St Petersburg, Russia. Character and charm oozed from this new and strange place, but I had a good feeling about it and was excited to experience new things and new people>>>

STORY

ایرن

ایرن ملکه برفهای ذهن من است. سرد است ولی گاهی هم با همان سرما مهربان می شود. به قول حافظ "عشق سرد"ی دارد

14-Jul-2008
تا چشمم به او می افتد عقب عقب می روم و در جستجوی راه نجاتی هستم ولی فایده ای ندارد امروز با هم در یک طبقه و در یک محل هستیم و بایست کنار هم کار کنیم. یعنی خبر ندارد؟ خبر دارد؟ مگر می شود بی خبر باشد؟ ایرن مثل همیشه، مثل ملکه دانمارک پشت صندلی نشسته و مثل هر روز که روزنامه لوموند را از صفحه اول تا صفحه آخر می خواند، الان دارد کتابی را می خواند. یعنی او هنوز خبر ندارد که متعصبان مذهبی به خاطر چند تا کاریکاتور سفارت دانمارک در تهران را اشغال کرده اند؟ حالا من چکار کنم؟ بالاخره دل به دریا می زنم و بی خیال -انگار نه انگار - یک سلام می گویم و فوری پشت آن یکی میز می نشینم. همانطور که دارد کتاب می‌خواند با سر جوابم را می دهد. >>>

POETRY

با زبان تو...
14-Jul-2008
تا ظلم ِ رفته دیگر به یادم نیاید
به کشف زبانی نو
              در تو می­نگرم.
به جستجوی گرمایی ازلی
در شيارهای زمین
     بر تو دست می­سایم   
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Kouhestaninejad? wow, what a surname

Mehdi-Palang

Suppression of workers rights in Iran

The Real News Network
recommended by Mehdi-Palang
14-Jul-2008
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legality, chieh?

Mehdi-Palang

Are sanctions against Iran legal?

The Real News
recommended by Mehdi-Palang
14-Jul-2008
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Are sanctions against Iran legal?

trnniran

Prof. Muhammad Sahimi: The legal grounds for UN sanctions and Res. 362 have not been established

The Real News Network
recommended by trnniran
14-Jul-2008
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Don't attack my friend else jiz mishi

when there is "OIL", there is money ....

Shiny Head

Iran, Russia sign energy co-op agreement

Xinhua
recommended by Shiny Head
14-Jul-2008
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